Burial necropolis found in Kuban

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have uncovered a burial necropolis from the 4th to 3rd century BC.

The discovery was made during construction works for a new federal highway in Kuban, located in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia.

Excavations revealed a necropolis on an ancient floodplain terrace containing rectangular burial pits lined with flat slabs or marl or sandstone. A total of 22 burials were identified, however, many of the graves had been robbed or damaged during antiquity.

One of the burials (designated Burial No….